Potty Training Woes - Share Your Stories

Potty Training. I have such mixed feelings about potty training. When I was training my oldest, Emilee, it seriously felt hopeless. I think it took us around a year of trying and just when we thought we had it down, she'd revert back. It wasn't until we used the 3 Day Potty Training method that we finally nailed it. I'm telling ya, that feeling of accomplishment was unreal. And totally unexpected. I was so proud (of me and her). I finally felt like I was doing something right!


So, why would I hesitate to take on this fabulous feat again with daughter #2? Because it's really HARD work that's why! lol I'll admit it. And sometimes, let's be honest moms, it's easier to have them in diapers than it is to have them potty trained. You can go out shopping and not have to worry about dragging them to the bathroom every 10 minutes for fear that they'll have an accident. You can sit through a meal out (hopefully?) without having to get up and take someone to the bathroom because they are carrying on and screaming that they are going to wet their pants and that they can't hold it and that they REALLY have to go bad and............well you get the idea. Yeah. That's pretty much what Emilee does everytime we go out to eat.


Well, as much as I'd love to put training Gracie on hold for awhile because I'M not ready, I think she is. For example, this child refuses to keep her diaper on if she is not wearing a onesie. On more than one occasion I'll find her walking around the house bare hiney. Heck even one night I put her to bed (in a onesie of course) only to find her fast asleep a few hours later, bare bottom in the air. She managed to get her diaper off. When she goes peeps, she tells me she's wet. All the signs are there. I know I should just bit the bullet, right? And with grocery prices - and everything else for that matter - rising I can stand to save $40 a month.


Can someone please kick my butt into gear????????????


So, those are my potty training woes. Wanna share yours? I'd love to hear them - especially some funny stories! It's raining and muggy here - I could use a laugh. :)

Potty Trained in 3 Days - Fact or Fiction?

Around this time last year we were celebrating and in complete shock that we had Emilee potty trained in 3 days. Yes, that's right. 3 days. Emilee had just turned 3 and after months and months of grueling potty training we were at the end of our rope. Her future was clear. Depends. lol We just about had her fully trained about a month before Grace came along and then upon her arrival, it had all gone to pot (no pun intended). We went through many knock out drag out fights with our strong-willed little Emilee. I remember a time where my husband had her sitting on the toilet giving her the third degree for like a half hour. I was cracking up in the next room because I was so glad that it was not me in there. I had been tortured enough. We tried everything for the next few months and to no avail.

Then Emilee had turned 3 and we knew we needed to do something. This kid could not be in diapers forever. My husband had been searching online for methods, ideas, tips, advice, anything to help us with potty training when he came across 3 Day Potty Training. I had seen it before but was very skeptical. No way. Ain't gonna work. Em is too strong-willed. Nope. Not gonna do it. Well, guess what? We did it. We purchased the E-book for a very reasonable price and followed it to the letter. Wallah! Potty trained in 3 days.

If you've tried everything short of building a contraption that attaches itself to your child and allows for convenient, yet sanitary way for eliminating diapers, I strongly suggest 3 Day Potty Training. I recommended it to my friend, Kirsten, who also has a very strong willed child, and she had great success too. :)

**Note: Please don't ask me to email you the book. I made an agreement not to distribute the book upon purchasing it.